On the existence of the Hutchinson measure for generalized iterated function systems (Q2007001)

The present paper deals with the theory of iterated function systems (IFSs) and the theory of generalized iterated function systems. The notions of generalized IFSs, the Hutchinson measure, and the Markov operator are explained. It is noted that the class of GIFSs' attractors is essentially wider than the class of IFSs' attractors. Special attention is given to the notion of the code space and to a result which shows that ``the relationships between a GIFS and its code space are similar as in the classical IFS case''. In addition, several other auxiliary notions and known results are considered. A full description of iterations of the generalized Markov operator is given. Several auxiliary statements are proven. Also, it is shown that ``a probabilistic GIFS consisting of generalized Matkowski contractions on a complete metric space generates the Hutchinson measure''. The notion of a topologically contracting GIFS (TGIFS) is described. For TGIFSs on metric spaces, a version of the the main result of this paper is obtained. Finally, several open problems related to the present investigations are noted and discussed.